Teachers association looking into assault against Tawjihi exam monitors

AMMAN — The Jordan Teachers Association (JTA), in cooperation with the Education Ministry, is following up on an assault against two Tawjihi exam monitors in Maan city on Sunday.

A JTA statement said a number of students attacked two exam monitors due to the “shortage in the number of security officers” outside the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) hall in question.

The association added that the supervisors will file a complaint against the attackers.

Meanwhile, a total of 4,900 violations have been recorded since the start of the Tawjihi winter session on December 28, Education Minister Mohammad Thneibat said on Sunday, according to a statement carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

Thneibat toured several exam halls in Southern Shuneh on Sunday and commended the efforts of supervisors, Petra reported.